(19)
(11) EP 0 940 932 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/36

(21) Application number: 99300559.4

(22) Date of filing: 26.01.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04B 7/005, H04Q 7/38
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.02.1998 US 19267

(71) Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Baum, Modris Olgerts Allen
    Rockaway, New Jersey (US)
  • Pittampalli, Eshwar
    Randolph, New Jersey 07869 (US)
  • Weaver, Carl Francis
    Morris Plains, New Jersey 07959 (US)

(74) Representative: Buckley, Christopher Simon Thirsk et al
Lucent Technologies (UK) Ltd, 5 Mornington Road
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU
Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0TU (GB)

   


(54) Method for optimizing forward link power levels during soft handoffs in a wireless telecommunications network


(57) Performance of a wireless telecommunications systems is enhanced by communication of an actual applied forward link gain and, if necessary, an overload indicator from base stations participating in a soft handoff. Subsequently, a power control system within a selection/distribution unit determines a forward link gain acceptable to all base stations involved in a soft handoff call.






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